CVE-2008-5380

NameCVE-2008-5380
Descriptiongpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.09 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an (a) /tmp/geo#####, a (b) /tmp/geocaching.loc, a (c) /tmp/geo#####.*, or a (d) /tmp/geo.* temporary file, related to the (1) geo-code and (2) geo-nearest scripts, different vectors than CVE-2008-4959.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs508595

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gpsdrivesourcelenny2.10~pre4-6.dfsg-1+lenny1
gpsdrivesource(unstable)2.10~pre4-6.dfsg-2low508595

Notes

[etch] - gpsdrive <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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